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    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Curtiss 34/P-1/P-2/P-3/P-4/P-5/AT-4/AT-5/F6C Hawk / 35/64/F11/BFC Goshawk / F7C Seahawk / F9C Sparrowhawk
    Latest Model:P-6E Hawk II
    Last Military Serial:32-0261 USAAC
    Compressed ID:Curtiss P-6E sn 32-0261 USAAC
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-6E.
    Ordered as Y1P-22, then P-6C, then delivered as P-6E

    12 February 1932

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Corps with s/n 32-0261.

    February 1932

    Transferred to 33rd Pursuit Squadron/8th Pursuit Group, Langley Field, VA.

    June 1933

    Transferred to Middletown Air Depot, PA.
    For maintenance.

    August 1933

    Transferred to 33rd Pursuit Squadron/8th Pursuit Group, Langley Field, VA.

    December 1933

    Damaged.
    Unspecified noted as wreck, repaired.

    December 1936

    Transferred to Selfridge Field, IL.

    April 1938

    Transferred to Barksdale Field, LA.

    July 1938

    Transferred to 91st School Squadron, Maxwell Field, AL.

    September 1939

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Army Air Corps.
    Dropped from records at Tampa Field, FL.

    To Edward S. Perkins, Anniston, AL.

    Circa 1962

    To National Air Museum, Washington, DC.
    Donated by Mr. Perkins.

    Circa 1962

    Loaned to United States Air Force Museum, Patterson Field (East Side), Dayton, OH.
    Permanent loan.
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    1963

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: 40
    Restored by the Department of Aviation Technology at Purdue University. Marked as 32-240 with the 17th Pursuit Squadron at Selfridge Field, MI.

    1963


    Photographer: National Museum of the USAF

    1963


    Photographer: National Museum of the USAF

    1963


    Photographer: National Museum of the USAF

    1963


    Photographer: National Museum of the USAF

    1963


    Photographer: National Museum of the USAF

    1963


    Photographer: National Museum of the USAF

    1963


    Photographer: National Museum of the USAF

    1971

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    Only P-6E in existence.
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    13 June 1977


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: P-6E Hawk in the markings of 17th Pursuit Squadron of 1933 as displayed at the USAF Museum in the Summer of 1977.

    4 December 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    7 December 2022


    Photographer: Austin Newman
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials 1909 to 1979 by John M. Andrade
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Wikipedia
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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